Communauté Urbaine Creusot Montceau: the business real estate grant

In brief

Communauté urbaine Creusot Montceau offers direct grants for certain economic investments and supports businesses with creation, takeover and development. The area has a strong industrial base, while also having schemes targeting shops and tourist accommodation.

Projects that can be supported

• Business real estate: acquisition, fitting out or construction of professional buildings, as well as certain rental expenses.

• Local retail: renovation of premises, façades and energy-saving investments.

• Tourist accommodation: creation or development of hotels, gîtes, campsites, leisure residential parks, furnished rentals and bed and breakfasts.

• Creation and takeover: personalized support, financing partners and incubator accommodation.

• Innovation: guidance and incubation for innovative projects, across all sectors.

Identified financial grants

The CU's official page presents several schemes: a business real estate grant (grant of 10 to 20% of eligible expenses depending on business size, capped at 100 000 €, for micro and small/medium-sized businesses creating or developing an activity — for rentals, eligible expenses are capped at two years of rent); a retail fund (20% of expenses for renovating premises, façades or energy savings, capped at 3 000 €); and a tourist accommodation fund (10% of work expenses excluding equipment and furniture — minimum threshold of 40 000 € excl. tax and cap of 10 000 € for hotels, hiking/stay lodges, campsites and leisure residential parks; minimum threshold of 10 000 € excl. tax and cap of 3 000 € for furnished tourist accommodation and bed and breakfasts).

These amounts are those published on the institutional page consulted; the regulations and conditions in force must be checked before submitting the application.

Procedures

For the real estate grant, the CU requires that a letter of intent be sent first, with a distinct process depending on whether it is a rental or another type of operation. The applicable regulation and application form must be obtained, then the submission timeline confirmed before incurring expenses.

Official sources

• Business services — Grants and funding from CU Creusot Montceau

• Entrepreneurship and innovation hub